The Solar UV-x-Ray Spectrum from 1.5 to 2000 A

Abstract

This review illustrates the potential of UV-x-ray spectroscopy for determining the physical conditions in the solar chromosphere, transition region and corona, and how spectroscopy can be used as a tool to understand the physical mechanisms governing the atmosphere. It also illustrates the potential for understanding transient events such as solar flares. This is a vast topic, and therefore the review is necessarily not complete, but we have tried to be as general as possible in showing in particular how solar spectra are currently being used to understand the solar upper atmosphere. The review is intended for non-solar physicists with an interest in spectroscopy as well as for solar physicists who are not specialists in spectroscopy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA532456

Entities

People

  • G. A. Doschek
  • U. Feldman

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Heat Energy
  • Measurement
  • Radiation
  • Solar Activity
  • Solar Atmosphere
  • Solar Flares
  • Solar Spectrum
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Sun
  • Three Dimensional
  • X Ray Spectra
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Library and Information Science
  • Solar Physics